Potentially? He took over Ludogorets in 2010 when they were in the second tier of Bulgarian football and won the league title and promotion in his first season there. In his second season he made Ludogorets champions of Bulgaria for the first time and also won the cup. This year Ludogorets retained their title. Quite an amazing impact.

They lost from Slovan Bratislava in the Second qualifying round for CL. They couldn't afford another European failure after the previous season. Also they didn't perform well in the league. After his change the team went on to three consecutive wins in Europe to get into Europa league where they are leading the group at the moment.

A 2-1 away first leg defeat is quite a good result as you only need a 1-0 at home to go through.

How they played before/after he was sacked shouldn't really matter. They were a nothing club with no honours and in the space of a couple of years Petev has won promotion and four major trophies. It's a remarkable lack of gratitude from the club.

What do you think about him moving into management elsewhere in the world? Do you think, for example, he'd be any good if he moved to the English Championship to manage a team there, or whether he could do a job in the secomd divisions of Spain or Italy? His CV so far sounds very impressive.

Same, I googled and read about it yesterday when the vid or whatever was posted and it said that there was no security there for some reason. He was basically completely vulnerable with no protection and a group of hooligans just walked in and acted like animals. Pretty cowardly. (obviously on the hooligans part)

I really hope this guy goes to another club in the same league and wins it with them. ASAP

You know, if this was some slimy no-good businessman owner or something, then "fine", I'd understand the fans doing such a thing (though it still isn't O.K.), but apparently this guy is a good coach who didn't do anything bad, at all.

Right. So, for you, it is acceptable to strip and humiliate a grown man on television as long as you feel that they haven't met your standards? Of course, your standards being sane and rational despite you being the sort of person that would do this shit or find it acceptable?

He's still going "oh, I'd get it if they did it to someone I didn't like" (even though mob fuckery only cares about what the mob doesn't like)
"but I draw the line when it comes to people good at managing football teams"

Except it's only meaningful here in that sense. It is not condoning it directly, but it is claiming that it happening to someone wealthier and less liked by the poster is less of an outrage. That goes back to "it's more okay if it happens to certain people", a concession you never want to make to mob justice.

What does "understand" mean otherwise? We all "understand" why or how someone would do something, we have brains and empathy. When we use it in this form we mean that we find it less morally repugnant.

No, dude. I said that I'd understand a bunch of hooligan/chav types doing that to someone who "deserves" it and who would be an antagonist in the eyes of an average bloke. Instead, they did it to someone who really seems like an average (younger) coach, one who didn't do anything bad.

So I don't condone this type of behavior in any variant nor would I participate in it, regardless of the target.

To make my point clear: If these "fans" could choose between Slimy Owner Who Happens To Be Infamous Corrupt Politician and Average Manager At The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time, I'd expect them to go for the Owner dude... Although both are bad things to do, obviously.

You are lucky to have the comfort to comment thees too direct actions ,I admit. But thees people were lied all their lives from every government they had, and this football club is the last thing they can trust and love. Next year the club turns 100 years and this is the worst start from 50 of them years. they had enough wen the managers hired a coach ho a couple of months ago told in interview that his favorite club was the all time rivals . If there are no fans there is no football and Levski Sofia fans are one of the most loyal and loving .
LEVSKI SOFIA FOR EVER!!!

I am not apologizing for anything , because I didn't do anything. I'm explaining the reasons . What is the reason for the killing between Arsenal and Galatasaray fans before 12-13 years, or for the vandalism Italians tiffozy or Croatians do every where they go .Your judgment and labeling is moronic and pathetic. All the fans want is to stop with the managers ho come for the easy money . Just to let you know that Levski , unlike the cSKA, is the team with the highest salaries in the country.More than 10 times than the average salary in the country .

I always picture people that hate on Rafa, especially scousers (a team that hasn't managed to win shit after Rafa, and even back then they had a mediocre team and yet achieved to win the CL thanks to him) as pieces of shit. Anyone else?